Today is...
National Cheese Lover's Day
Today
is National Cheese Lover’s Day! Did you know that the average American
consumes about 31 pounds of cheese each year? That may seem like a lot,
but for the average French person it’s 50 pounds!
There
are more than 900 known cheeses in the world, and they can all be
classified by texture. Here are the primary classifications and some
examples: fresh cheese (ricotta); soft cheese (feta); semi-soft cheese
(Fontina); semi-hard cheese (Gouda); hard cheese (Cheddar); double or
triple crème cheese (Brillat-Savarin); blue cheese (Gorgonzola); washed
rind cheese (Limburger); and bloomy rind cheese (Brie).
People
have been making cheese for at least 8,000 years, so the cheeses we
enjoy today are all relatively young by comparison. Take Emmental (also
known as Swiss cheese), for example. It’s only been around since the
first century BC!
Visit
your local cheesemonger and pick up your favorite kind of artisan
cheese or cook a cheesy dish for dinner tonight in honor of National
Cheese Lover’s Day!
Today is also
National Buttercrunch Day & Penguin Awareness Day
January is
Get Organized Month & National Oatmeal Month
mages and text courtesy of MyPunchbowl.com" -- http://www.mypunchbowl.com/
for January 20 1841 - The island of Hong Kong was ceded to Great Britain. It returned to Chinese control in July 1997. 1885 - The roller coaster was patented by L.A. Thompson. 1929 - The movie "In Old Arizona" was released. The film was the first full-length talking film to be filmed outdoors. 1958 - Elvis Presley got his orders to report to duty from the U.S. Army. He was allowed a 60-day deferment so he could finish the film "King Creole." 1964 - The album "Meet the Beatles" was released in the U.S. on Capitol Records. It was their U.S. debut LP. |
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"The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination."
--Carl Rogers
"The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination."
--Carl Rogers
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